Garment-fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. LoHsE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

si ncrrroh'nolv forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,152, datedOctober 31, 189d. Application filed May 13, 1899. Serial No. 716,709.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. LOHSE, of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Garment-Fastener, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices forgarments; and the object is to provide asimple means for securing thefastening device to a garment without the use of thread, thus making itpractically easy for any one to attach the fastener; and a furtherobject is to so construct the parts that the fastener will be preventedfrom turning laterally.

I will describe a garment-fastener embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fastening device in the form of ahook embodying my invention. tion and partial section of the deviceshown in Fig. 1. to a garment. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastening made in the formof an eye. Fig. 6 is a partial elevation and partial section thereof,and Fig. 7 shows a portion of a garment-suspending strap embodying myinvention.

The fastening device comprises an anchoring-plate 1,0f any suitablematerial-such, for instance, as metal. At its opposite sides thisanchoring-plate 1 has downwardly-extended teeth 2, designed to engage inthe material to which the fastening device is attached and prevent anylateral or swinging motion of the fastening device.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a hook 3 as secured to the anchoring-plate 1.This hook consists of a single length of wire having one of its ends 4extended upward nearly to the under side of the end of the hook, so asto prevent an accidental detachment of the hook from an eye. As thisportion 4 is resilient, it may Fig. 2 is a partial side eleva-' Fig. 3shows the device as applied be easily pressed downward when passing thehook into or out of an eye. The opposite end of the wire from which thehook is formed is passed through a hole in the anchoring=plate 1 and issharpened at the point to form a pin 5. The hook is held on the plate 2by means of a clip 6, formed on the plate and bent over the portions ofthe hook, as clearly indicated in the drawings. In attaching thefastening device to a garment the pin 5 is to be passed through thematerial, and then a keeper-plate 7, formed on the plate 1, is to bepressed against the point of the pin, as indicated in Fig. 3. r

The fastening device shown in Fig. 5 consists of an eye 8, formed of asingle length of wire and having one end attached to the anchoring-plate1 and the other end passed through an opening in said plate and providedwith a pin-point 9. This is to be secured to the garment in the samemanner as the device shown in Fig. 1 is secured. In Fig. 7 clips 6 areturned over the end of a flexible strap 10, and in this example apinpoint 11 extends through an opening in the plate and is adapted to beengaged by the keeper-plate 7, as before described.

While the device shown in Fig. 7 is not a garment-fastener in the senseof the other fasteners shown, it may be considered a fasteningdevice,'inasmuch as it is a means for attaching a garment to a hook orother sup oort.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a garment-fastener, an anchoringplatehaving teeth atits sides extended at an angle to the body of the plate,a pin mounted on the plate, a keeper-plate on one end of theanchoring-plate and adapted to engage with the pin, and a fasteningdevice on the anchoring-plate, substantially as specified.

2. A garment-fastener, comprising a plate having teeth at its sides, thesaid teeth being extended at an angle to the body of the plate,

plate for engaging with the pin, substantially form a pin, and a keeperon the plate for enas specified. gaging with said pin, substantially asspeci- 3. A garment-fastener, comprising a plate, fied. a hookconsisting of a single length of wire ARTHUR H. LOHSE. 5 having one ofits ends extended nearly to the Witnesses end of the hook and having itsother end ex- J NO. M. BITTER, tended through an opening in the plate to1 O. R. FERGUSON.

